Operate various production machinery and equipment according to instructions, meeting established quantity, and quality standards:

• Coining Room: Operate coining presses, E-Clean, and medals equipment.
• Rolling Room: Use blanking press, rimming machine, automated checkweigher, and racking systems.
• Burnishing: Operate burnishing tumblers, pickling baths, washing, drying equipment, etc.
• Shaving: Operate the shaving stations
• Premelt, Chlorination, Gold and Silver Casting: Prepare moulds, pour molten metal, remove castings, quench, clean, stamp bars; operate remote manipulator, control bar IF-13 furnace, inspect finished product, prepare charges for silver and gold, assist with anode pours for Chlorination Refiners.
• Sweeps: Operate the rod mill, crusher, gravity table, jackhammer and the mechanical sampler.
• Bar Finishing: Utilize tools to finish 1000-oz silver bars.

This opening is to be filled on a continuous operation or shift work basis.

Language Requirements:

• Proficiency in one official language (English or French) is mandatory; the second official language is an asset.

Education and Designation:

• Completed high school diploma.

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 months of experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment.
• Must be able to lift at least 69 pounds.  

Additional Qualifications:

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work safely and in a conscientious manner in a foundry and manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work in accordance with ISO policy and procedures and work instructions.
• Ability to exercise judgment and initiative.
• Ability to organize assigned tasks/functions and prepare material as instructed, identify trends or deficiencies.
• Ability to prepare accurate daily reports on activities.
• Abilities to utilize data entry tools including bar-coding scanning devices and computer data entry systems.
• Ability to work well independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to work on or support continuous improvement projects.
• Skilled in the operation of manufacturing equipment.
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Demonstrated skill to in the areas of learning and adapting to new technologies, processes and equipment.
• Operation of equipment such as hoists/cranes, hand pallet trucks, forklifts
• Perform preventive maintenance checks and report equipment malfunctions promptly.
• Maintain cleanliness in the work area and machinery.

Knowledge:

• Demonstrated knowledge in the activities related to the operating and maintaining production equipment within a manufacturing environment.
• Possess basic understanding of the process activities, process materials, products, and byproducts in refinery.
• Possesses basic understanding of the process activities, process materials, and products in the production area.
• Demonstrated knowledge of process control duties including using micrometres, verniers, scales and hardness testers.
• Demonstrated knowledge of NCMR procedures.
• Demonstrated knowledge on Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) procedures.
• Promotes and maintains a high level of health and safety awareness with the ability of being proactive on day-to-day safety items/actions.
• Demonstrated comprehension and application an organization’s work instructions as written or communicated.
• General understanding of quality standards (ISO) and Lean practices.